A curious and passionate self-learner who enjoys using technology and data to solve problems.
Core Skills
Engineering: SQL, Python, Ruby on Rails, Docker, R, Kafka, Kubernetes, Terraform, Java
Data/ ETL: dbt, Redshift, MySQL, Postgres, SQL Server, Jupyter Notebooks, Pandas, NumPy, Mage, Stitch, Census, Metabase, Looker, Google Analytics
Operating Systems: Mac, Linux
AWS Services: Redshift, Lambda, S3, RDS, CloudWatch, Kinesis Firehose, EC2, DMS
Project Management: Git, Notion, Kanban, Asana, Agile methodologies, JIRA, Confluence
Education
Eastern University
Masters of Science in Data Science
August 2024 - April 2026
University of Denver
Bachelor of Science in Computer Science
Minors: Mathematics, Spanish
January 2013 - June 2016
Work Experience
Senior Data Engineer at ShorePoint Inc. | January 2025 – Present
- Engineered ETL pipelines in Python to ingest, transform, and enrich hardware and
software vulnerability data, supporting 3 million users across 22
federal agencies
- Processed data from 6 million assets, dynamically creating and streaming records into 102 Kafka topics per agency, and applying ETL transformations and enriching the data with vulnerability intelligence data
- Formulated structured document objects to index in Elasticsearch, enabling downstream dashboards for real-time security insights
- Migrated the project’s containerized infrastructure from Docker Swarm to AWS EKS, orchestrating seven Docker services within the data pipeline. Composed Kubernetes manifests to enhance scalability, resilience, and maintainability
Senior Data & Analytics Engineer (Tech Lead) at eSpark Learning | August 2021 – December 2024
- Consumed data from a streaming events system using Kinesis Firehose to transmit
approximately 200,000 daily response events from OpenAI and Microsoft speech analysis to
the Redshift data warehouse
- Designed data models in dbt and produced analytical queries to assess product efficacy, enabling data-driven decisions that enhance learning outcomes for students and support continuous improvement initiatives
- Built +10 interactive dashboards in SQL to visualize student learning outcomes, empowering sales teams with data-driven insights to demonstrate product efficacy and drive customer engagement
- Utilized the open-source tool Mage for data orchestration, transferring data between the internal Redshift warehouse and a Postgres instance for external customers, ensuring the delivery of clean, reliable data to customer dashboards
- Developed and maintained AWS cloud infrastructure, implementing infrastructure as code using Terraform, which enhanced system reliability and streamlined deployment processes
- Contributed to data related projects within the core Ruby on Rails application,
enhancing functionality and optimizing performance
- Utilized the Redshift Data API to pipeline data aggregations into the Ruby on Rails application daily
- Engineered API integrations with key third-party data sources (Calendly, Salesforce, Intercom)
- Contributed to a cost-saving initiative by replacing a third-party service with a Ruby on Rails solution, resulting in annual savings of $300,000 and improved efficiency
Senior Software Engineer (Data Services) at Nasdaq | July 2018 – August 2021
- Developed order audit trail reports for clients and submitted them to FINRA
- Streamed daily trading activity, processing approximately 500 million records per day using Java, Spring Boot, Kafka, and AWS, creating a cohesive timeline of linked orders
- Generated risk management reports for clients on trading strategies, risk exposure, and
billing calculations using Microsoft SQL Server, processing up to 2 billion records
- Supported a cluster of 12 Windows servers (physical and virtual) to process data and deliver 300 daily reports
- Built and maintained a Postgres data warehouse with a REST API to analyze daily report delivery metrics and ensure SLA accuracy
- Leveraged the open-source project Poli to implement internal KPI dashboards for ad-hoc reporting and data visualization
BI/ Data Warehouse Developer at Craftsy (acquired by NBCUniversal) | October 2017 – July 2018
- Expanded the data warehouse by pipelining data from additional sources and refining
architecture for business analysts and data consumers
- Configured Looker to retrieve data from over 100 tables in the data warehouse for dashboards, segment analysis, and self-service reporting
- Created a marketing forecast to calculate 30-day rolling averages for key metrics, costs, and revenue across channels
- Implemented API connections for marketing channels (YouTube, Facebook, Pinterest) to gather ad engagement metrics and attribute costs
- Established a new development environment and set development standards for the data
warehouse project
- Implemented version control with Git, created a JIRA task management workflow, and set up a version-controlled password management tool using Python SOPS
Software Engineer (Data & BI) at Nasdaq | June 2015 – September 2017
- Designed a workflow engine for a new equities dark pool using Java and Spring, ingesting data into secure Redshift client accounts per regulations
- Launched a Business Intelligence project, creating a unified platform for five options and
three equities exchanges to deliver BI reports
- Established a Snowflake data model and constructed ETL processes with Pentaho Data Integration
- Documented source-to-target data mappings and collaborated with business units on reporting needs
- Assisted in developing the Nasdaq Data Warehouse application using Java and Spring
- Pipelined raw trading data into AWS under stringent regulatory requirement, ingesting millions of records daily
- Archived Redshift data to Amazon S3 and Glacier for long-term storage, ensuring WORM compliance with a retention period of 7 years
Software Engineering Intern at Forsythe Technologies | May 2014 – February 2015
- Wrote a Java program to translate client business processes and dependencies into BPMN diagrams embedded in a webpage using JavaScript and AngularJS
- Documented the development process using UML, class, sequence, and activity diagrams
Certifications
Certification | Validity |
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Certified Scrum Master | May 2024 – 2026 |
AWS Certified Solutions Architect Associate | April 2023 - 2026 |
AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner | February 2023 - 2026 |
NASM Certified Nutrition Coach | November 2023 - 2025 |